Gold Medal “Guido Stampacchia”

Sixth edition of the Gold Medal «Guido Stampacchia» Prize

The Stampacchia Gold Medal is an international award to mathematicians, who have not passed the age of 35. The award is given in recognition of studies in the fields of Variational Analysis and Calculus of Variations that have had a strong impact and international recognition. The medal is named in memory of the Italian mathematician Guido Stampacchia (Naples, March 26, 1922 – Paris, April 27, 1978).

Notice

The “International School of Mathematics «Guido Stampacchia»”, part of the “«Ettore Majorana» Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture”, and the Unione Matematica Italiana announce the 2018 «Guido Stampacchia» Prize. The prize, consisting in a gold medal, will be awarded for outstanding research in the fields of Variational Analysis and Calculus of Variations to a researcher, whose age is not greater than 35 at the date of December 31, 2018.

Nominations, which should include the motivation at the basis of the nomination and a curriculum vitae of the nominee, must be sent, before March 31st, 2018, by email to

The prize will be given during the opening ceremony of the International Conference “Variational Analysis and Applications” in memory of G. Stampacchia, which will be held in Erice (Sicily) at the «Ettore Majorana» Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture on August 29.

Regulation

The International School of Mathematics «Guido Stampacchia» of the “Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture” and the Unione Matematica Italiana agree to banish the international award called Gold Medal «Guido Stampacchia» Prize.

The prize, which consists of a gold medal, will be awarded to a scholar who has done significant research in the fields of Variational Analysis and Calculus of Variations, and that, at the end of the year in which the notice is issued, is not over 35.

The award, which follows the awards of 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012 and 2015, will continue to be held every three years.

The notice will be issued, according to the attached model, by January 31 of the year of the prize and will be advertised on the website and on the News of Unione Matematica Italiana. The reports of candidates must be received by March 31, accompanied by a curriculum vitae.

The committee of each edition of the award will consist of five members appointed by the Presidency of the Unione Matematica. The committee, in its sole discretion, may award the prize to a researcher that has not been reported.

The medal will be awarded by the President of UMI or his delegate during the opening ceremony of the conference on “Variational Analysis and Applications”, which is held in Erice every three years at the “Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture”, in the same year.